Oddly, being paid more and being safer while others get worse can actually contribute to burnout. Comraderie and morale matter.
Burnout is more about a disconnect and dysregulation between workload/emotional regulation/stress/morale than it is about any one of those factors.
As anyone who has burnt out at a super boring job, or a pointless but high stress job can attest.
A high stress, high risk, job that matters, keeps someone interested, and someone can take breaks from is much less of a burnout risk than one that someone can’t see matters , or they don’t grow in, regardless of the stress level or ability to take breaks from.
Burnout is more about a disconnect and dysregulation between workload/emotional regulation/stress/morale than it is about any one of those factors.
As anyone who has burnt out at a super boring job, or a pointless but high stress job can attest.
A high stress, high risk, job that matters, keeps someone interested, and someone can take breaks from is much less of a burnout risk than one that someone can’t see matters , or they don’t grow in, regardless of the stress level or ability to take breaks from.